Show tJt Relic of the Past rfc The Nuremberg of Today with Its t Artistic Marvels Seems to the Visitor Special Correspondence It Is Monday afternoon and wo have Just reached Nuremberg From the railway station which Is without tho citys walls wo are confronted by a confusion of jagged roofs pierced by lofty spires and massive towers All the artistic Irregularities and details Of medieval architecture are below us such as peaked gables projecting casements pointed oriels dormers thrown out In bold relief here and balconies there while fantastic gargoyles gar-goyles leer from under crosstimbered fronts After getting settled In a delightful modern hotel which Is also outside the walls we ordered a carriage and were soon driving over the pretty flucerly carved bridges viewing the picturesque walls and castle with their turrets and towers hung with lichens and clinging vines passing the Iron railed bronzed fountains pausing before be-fore the statues and homes of Duror and Sachs und alighting to visit tho Wo famous cathedrals of the city The churches of Nuremberg are rich In historic associations and of the many none Is more interesting than that of St Scbuldus which Is a grand old building brim full of curious monuments monu-ments and rare specimens of art This is the oldest church in the city and appears to have been begun at the end of the Romanesque period of architecture Anyhow the west choir the present Loffolholz chapel jtho two towers with their portals and four stories and also the middle nave show the plan and ornamentation of that period while other portions plainly plain-ly denote the Gothic period On the outside between tho two towers is a bronze crucifix a gift of two brothers broth-ers named Stark Passing around tho north angle of the cathedral we reach the brides door which has a pretty telgnlflcance We were told that the Ibrldes always enter and pass out this way This entrance Is ornately decorated dec-orated with fulllength statues of tho ton virgins who form a semicircle on either side five of them holding their lamps trimmed and burning iwhlle the other five prove themselves to be the foolish virgins with unfilled lamps Tomb of St Lawrence Having entered what could be finer than the masterpiece of Peter Vlschor the bronze tomb of the + saintly patron of the church In the Loffclholz chapel there are some very old paintings upon gold backgrounds also the bronze font at which the Emperor Wenzol is said to have been christened in 1361 This cathedral also gpont Ina > Interesting tapestries and these two were described together to-gether with that marvel of art and I grace at Cologne which surely gives an idea of their beauty and majesty Near the Church of St Sebaldus stands the gothlc chapel of St Mar Hz and nestling almost against It Is ia quaint little historic Inn Although it Is ancient and lowly in appearance it Is being carefully preserved by the town and is their pride Nurembergs city council does not desire to tear it down or rob It of Its birthright for Sachs and Durer and other famous clal Interest Is felt hero ns so man scenes of German history were enacted enact-ed within Its walls Hero kings nnd emperors stood In state to be nut by the people Nuremberg Is divided Into almost two equal parts by the River Pcgnltz and I would that you could take the drive I took over the many bridges where I caught glimpses of wooded Islands whose shadows were cast upon placid water side by side with dormer dor-mer windows nnd projecting gables On either Hide wero rows of houses which are the most picturesque I ever saw Honor to whom honor Is duo is forcibly shown by tho prldo In which the names and haunts of her great men are cherished A bronzo statue of Albert Durer hovers over abroad a-broad square near his dwelling and his home Is still sacred to artlife as a Quaint Old House studio of Nuremberg artists The noble genial face of the cobbler poet Hans Sachs smiles upon us from Hi grassy surroundings while Adam Krafft the great sculptor in stone Wohlemuth Durers master Peter Vlscher the renowned worker In bronze and Martin Behaim the famous fa-mous navigator are household words The Old Melsterslngers We have stood beside the grave of the chief of these and felt the lesson of Hans Sachs life He was much beloved by his fellows and was a power in the town He lies buried in St Johns cemetery near by Durer and other noted dead We picked our way through the closely set mounds of stone with their quaint sculpture In German or Latin Not far away Is the castle and I think no one can stand on Its terrace without a thought of the thirty years war when so many fell nnd the land was brought to desolation And can we forget that memorable siege when WallensteIn led a mighty army upon this city No authentic document exists as tc the origin of Nuremberg but It has been proved that It was not a Roman settlement Its name appears first wo are told in 10EO In the midst of a fertile plain between tho Rhine and the Danube she was exceptionally situated and she held sway in com i 1 il 4 t ua fj cs f 4St + y t1 j 4L r r a t Church of St Sebalduo ones who lived and died here frequented fre-quented this restaurant Nuremberg is celebrated for Its unique and unusual fountains I was fairly spellbound before the figure of the Little Gooso Man representing a peasnnt with a goose under each arm from whoso bills ran crystal streams It is wrought of bronze and a circular fence of bronze bars Incloses It through which It can be easily seen iWe lingered at the square where tho market men and women held high revel and it seemed to mo I had never seen a more varied assortment of flowers flow-ers fruits and vegetables Very Atmosphere Breathes Art As we drove along we stopped hero and there to view the sculptured gems of Adam Krafft Upon the wall of a house by the side of a shop at a street corner he has labored and the fruIt has come forth in perfection The stations of the cross are thus do filleted > on the thoroughfares The very atmosphere seems to breathe art The Rathaus or town hall is an Imposing structure The great council coun-cil ball Is filled with frescoes from the designs of Albert Durer A ape merce trading with Russia the Levant Le-vant with Genoa and tfenlco and even with the far East Indies until tho discovery of the Coo of Good Hope All nations can a to get her armor guns paper prl sting presses clocks and watches rer aristocracy dates from a famous ournament Ic 1198 when Emperor ienry VI presented pre-sented thirteen burgh families will the stamp of noblllf u |